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The National Windrush Monument
The National Windrush Monument
The National Windrush Monument
The National Windrush Monument
The National Windrush Monument
The National Windrush Monument
The National Windrush Monument
The National Windrush Monument
The National Windrush Monument
The National Windrush Monument
The National Windrush Monument
The National Windrush Monument
The National Windrush Monument
The National Windrush Monument
The National Windrush Monument
The National Windrush Monument
The National Windrush Monument
The National Windrush Monument
The National Windrush Monument
The National Windrush Monument
The National Windrush Monument
The National Windrush Monument
The National Windrush Monument
The National Windrush Monument
The National Windrush Monument
The National Windrush Monument
The National Windrush Monument
The National Windrush Monument
The National Windrush Monument
The National Windrush Monument
The National Windrush Monument
The National Windrush Monument
The National Windrush Monument
The National Windrush Monument
The National Windrush Monument
The National Windrush Monument
The National Windrush Monument
The National Windrush Monument
The National Windrush Monument

© the artist. Photo credit: Colleen Rowe Harvey / Art UK

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The sculpture portrays three figures – a man, woman and child – dressed in their 'Sunday best' climbing a mountain of suitcases, hand in hand. The suitcases, represents the family's belongings and culture, as the artist explains, 'everything they brought with them'.
Title

The National Windrush Monument

Date

2022

Medium

bronze

Accession number

SE1_CRH_S183

Acquisition method

funded by the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Work type

Statue

Custodian

Network Rail

Work status

extant

Unveiling date

22nd June 2022

Access

at all times

Inscription description

THE NATIONAL WINDRUSH MONUMENT / The National Windrush Monument was designed to acknowledge / and celebrate the outstanding contribution and dedication of the / Windrush Generation to British history. / The monument symbolises the courage, commitment and resilience / of thousands of men, women and children who travelled to the / UK from 1948 to 1971. It has been created as a permanent place of reflection, fostering / greater understanding of the Windrush Generation’s talent, hard / work and loyalty to Britain, inspiring generations forever. The National Windrush Monument has been funded by / the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities. With thanks to the Windrush Commemoration Committee Baroness Floella Benjamin, DBE, DL, Chair Paulette Simpson, CBE, Deputy Chair Sir Ken Olisa, OBE CStJ, FRSA, FBCS The Bishop of Dover, The Rt Revd Rose Hudson-Wilkin, CD, MBE Ansel Wong, CBE Professor Geoff Thompson, MBE, FRSA, DL Tim Campbell, MBE Simon Frederick Co-opted members Philomena Davidson, PPRSS; Professor Steve Eichhorn; Keith Taylor, JP With Thanks to Network Rail for Gifting the space.

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Located at

Waterloo Station, Lambeth

SE1 8SW

Located inside Waterloo Station.